Good Day World Coiners! I have a bunch of Canadian coins I inherited and started doing some research to see what to melt and what not to melt. I found two 1920 pennies, 1953 penny and a 1955 penny. The 1920 pennies are dark, so I'm guessing not valuable. I also cannot for the life of me tell the difference in the 1955 NSF and no NSF. And the 1953 same thing, is it the old or new design? Photos attached. Are there any that I should look out for? Any info would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Thank you so much. I was familiar with the definition of NSF, however even by looking at online photos, I can't see a difference. Maybe just my eyes... lol
Scroll down to comments on this link, see if it clarifies it for you https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces433.html
@expat that helped a LOT - thank you! Looks like I don't have the NSF.... it's a melter, same with the 1953. I really appreciate your extra effort.
Please don't actually melt anything. Sell your cull silver for melt value, but don't try to melt any of your coins, please!
There are many posts here at Coin Talk that detail the futility of saving copper coins with the intent to melt them. You need to read them. In short, the companies that would process the coins would not accept them as they are not the grade of copper they want. The price of copper would also have to triple for them to begin to get interested. Lastly, unless a law changed overnight, it’s still illegal to melt pennies. It’s okay to use them to make tables and bathroom floors, as this does not actually destroy them, in their view ( the gov’mint)…imo…Spark
